2.expressing Obligation and Necessity
2.expressing Obligation and Necessity
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Situation : Mr. Shatner is giving an oral test in astronomy to
his student, Dony.
Mr. Shatner : Well Dony. Let’s start the test. Are you ready?
Dony : Yes, Sir.
M : What do we call the space objects that revolve around the
sun?
D : Um … stars.
M : No, you are wrong.
D : Perhaps satellites.
M : No, we call them planets. Is the moon a planet, too?
D : Um … yes, it is a planet.
M : No, you are wrong. It is a satellite. Now, what is a comet?
D : Um … it is planet.
M : Oh … no. it is not a planet. How many planets are there in
our solar system?
D : I think eleven, Sir.
M : No. there are nine only. Dony, I won’t ask you any questions
anymore. None of your answer is correct. You didn’t prepare
anything for the test, did you?
D : No, I didn’t.
M : Dony, if you have a test you have to prepare everything for it.
You should study harder. Do you usually study at home?
D : Never.
M : That’s not good. You must study at home. It is not necessary to
study all day long. You don’t need to study the whole lesson at a
time.
D : How should I study at home?
M : You ought to study together with your friends. You can discuss
the problems with them.
D : Yes, Sir. I promise I will study at home.
M : Good. You must keep your promise.
D : Yes, I will, Sir.
Obligation
You have to prepare everything for it.
You must study at home.
You should study harder.
You ought to study together with a friend.
Necessity/Unnecessity
It is not necessary to study all day long.
You don’t need to study the whole lesson.
The team needn’t practice every day.
If necessary I will go.
You don’t have to work overtime.
Create your own sentence(s) expressing
obligation and necessity/unnecessity, then
practice them with partner. Try to make
sentences which contain Nursing
Expressions/ terms.